Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

To complement today’s sobering Health Populi post discussing Accenture’s 2024 Life Trends Study — an outlook for a decade of “deconstruction” based on technology and other trends in the ether — I share with you Amazon’s ad for this holiday season gift-giving motivation. The agency responsible for the campaign, Hungry Man and director Wayne McClammy, weave together a beautiful plotline of friendship, the Beatles’ In My Life, and a time-traveling ima

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Many doctors believe that closing the left atrial appendage (with a device) will help reduce stroke and bleeding. The idea behind stroke reduction is that occluding the appendage takes away a common area where clots form. The reason for less bleeding is that patients with proper occlusion can often be taken off anticoagulant drugs. These are nice ideas.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Black women are almost twice as likely to experience infertility as their white counterparts, but only 8% of Black women seek fertility treatment, compared to 15% of white women. Statistics like these, compounded by the fact that Black women are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes, highlight inequalities in reproductive healthcare that the medical community must address.

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Science Based Medicine

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote speech at the second annual meeting of his antivax organization, Children's Health Defense. Once again, he demonstrated that not only is he still antivax as hell, but that his proposals are even more bizarre than before. Truly, it was a homecoming for him. The post Robert F. Kennedy Jr. comes home to his antivax roots…again first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Learning + Leading

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In the United States, the healthcare industry is confronted with the intricate issue of workforce shortages , but a collaborative network of employers, educators, and healthcare partners such as NHA are actively engaged in working towards a solution. According to a striking data point from  Becker's Hospital Review , the U.S. could encounter a shortage of more than 3.2 million allied healthcare workers, such as medical assistants, home health aides, and nursing assistants, within the following f

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Relias

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For the first time in modern history, workers from five different generations are in the workforce. This can make managing generational differences in the workplace seem daunting. Fortunately, this issue does not have to be as complicated as it seem. Tips for managing generational differences in the workplace The state of the economy and job market when one enters the workforce can have a significant impact on what they want from a job.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In the company’s 17th annual look into consumers’ “life trends,” Accenture finds that, top-line, “The harmony between people, tech and business is showing tensions, and society is in flux.” And these consumer-facing trends will also shape peoples’ attitudes about their health care, how they access and pay for it, and what kinds of services and support health consumers will expect in this era of “deconstruction.” Taken together, the trends no

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